《Marriage in Corrosive Love》C4. Pregnancy
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Suddenly, her mobile phone rang. Shen Qingkong searched everywhere with a headache and finally found her mobile phone. An urgent voice came, "Qing, what's wrong with Mu Linxuan? What's the relationship between him and the woman surnamed Yu?"
"Dad…oh… Hi, dad…" Shen Qingkong wiped away her tears casually and laughed foolishly.
Detecting her strange voice, Shen Qingkong's dad got angry, "Why do you drink wine at daytime, and make yourself drunk! Can't you free me from worry?"
"I'm not drunk. I just drank a little," she showed a little distance with her fingers as if her dad could see it. "Oh, you asked about Linxuan just now… In fact…that woman is one of his old friends, so they might seem close…You know, those reporters like to speak or act on hearsay evidence…Yes, he returns home every day…We just married not long ago… Dad, just be at ease. He treats me really well…"
Shen Qingkong held the wine bottle and drank more. See, she was not drunk.
Or why did she talk nonsense in such a clear way?
Bang--
She stumbled and fell down on the ground. Her wine bottle dropped to the ground too, and the dark red liquid flowed out.
Shen Qingkong was so regretful that she could not make herself drunk.
She would prefer to be drunk, and she would not be painful then.
She held her shoulders tightly and curled up.
…
Shen Qingkong saw a strange snow-white ceiling when she woke up.
Seeing that she woke up, Nanny Wu waiting aside was very happy, "You woke up, Madame."
Shen Qingkong sat up with an effort, and saw the intravenous drip on the back of her hand, "What happened to me?"
"You fainted in your bedroom," Nanny Wu signed while starring at Shen Qingkong who was even thinner, "Mrs. Mu, please take care of yourself. Your baby is so small."
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"Baby?" Shen's eyes widened in astonishment. "Am I pregnant?"
"Yes," Nanny Wu said with a smile. "It's two months old. Mrs. Mu, your baby is very considerate because it loves you dearly."
It turned out that she was in the hospital. A doctor came to check, and confirmed that everything was ok with the baby. Shen Qingkong could not help urging Nanny Wu to pack her stuff and wanted to go home.
Yu Youyou was sitting on the sofa in the living room and drank tea when Shen got home. Yu Youyou said to Shen Qingkong, "You are coming back. Sit down please. I've heard that you are sick. What did the doctor say?"
Yu Youyou was so natural and graceful as if she was the hostess of the home.
Nanny Wu blocked Shen Qingkong's way and comforted her, "Calm down, please, Madame."
"Take it easy," Shen Qingkong sat on an armchair, and stared at Yu Youyou with her head aslant, "I'm good. I just feel not very good because of pregnancy."
"Pregnancy?"
"Yes, two months old," she decided to be responsible for the small baby and struggled as a mother. She would never allow others to destroy her family. Shen Qingkong squared her shoulders and stared at her, "Ms. Yu, I wish that you can keep away from Linxuan from now on. A high-minded woman like you will never wish to be blamed as a mistress destroying other's family."
"Wonderful!" Yu Youyou stood up with excitement, and walked up to Shen Qingkong. She said with expectations, "Can I touch it? Take it easy. I'll be really careful."
Yu Youyou squatted down beside Shen Qingkong before she said no, and put her palm on the lower abdomen of Shen Qingkong.
Click to read chapter 5 - Their Happiness and Her Pains on Flying Lines.
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